Beacon

APPROPIATE

2002 / 15min.

Rating9

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

BEACON is a montage of location shots filmed at ten different places around the world. These sites are connected by the fact that each is located by the sea. Seamlessly combining travelogue footage and appropriated clips from feature films, BEACON produces a single, imaginary locale. Distant echoes of stories of the sea mingle with the banality of today's touristy beachlife. In its collage of places of expectation and with its seductive prospects of the sea, Beacon sets off on a journey with no distinct destination.

Directors

Christoph Girardet

Matthias Müller

Actors

Allison Plath-Moseley

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